Bump Update: Week 20

 

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This is an exciting bump update! Not only is this week 20, meaning I’m halfway there, but we also had our gender reveal! We are excited to announce we are having a…. just kidding. Read here for our gender reveal post! Baby was a size of a banana this week!

 

Did you miss the Week 19’s Bump Update? Check it out here!

 

A Few Week 20 Highlights

 

Activity Level

My head cold from last week carried over into half of this week. Thankfully I am feeling much better as this week ends and look forward to next week.

 

This week

Days of Strength Training: 1

I got one day of my workout in at the end of the week after my cold subsided. Hoping to 2-3 workouts in next week.

Days of Other Workouts: 1

1 family walk around the neighborhood (~1 mile)

 

Weight

Pre-pregnancy: +6.2lbs

This week: +.2lbs

 

Symptoms

 

I’m hungry!

I am still craving all sweets and must have chocolate every day. A friend’s housewarming party and our gender reveal party full of sweets didn’t help take the temptation away. It’s been a tough week for eating sweets and I know I’ve gained a decent amount of weight this week for next week’s bump update. Hopefully it’s not too much and I will get back on track!

 

Head Cold

My head cold lasted about halfway through the week making it difficult to do much. I was on lack of sleep because I couldn’t take NyQuil to help and Leah wasn’t 100% either and a little cranky. Sounds like a good combination, right?

 

Water Intake

I’ve been struggling with my water intake. After talking with friends and researching online, it seems like that could be a factor that caused my stretch mark last week. I have decided to up my intake. My amazing sister gave me this water bottle at our gender reveal and I have been using it since. It tells you what you should be drinking by what time to keep you on track. It’s also very smooth to drink out of, so as long as I keep it with me 24/7, I can keep up easily! I also love that it is so girly, cute, and even has inspirational quotes like “Be Happy” and “Stay Strong” on the side. I’ve definitely been drinking more since using it by the amount of times I now have to go to the bathroom every day.

babyneü Pregnancy Marked Water Bottle

 

Cravings and Aversions

 

Cravings

Everything sweet. Think chocolate, cannolis, ice cream cake, candy, etc.

Stouffers Mac and Cheese. There was only 1 in stock for next week, so wish me luck only eating 1 instead of my normal 2.

Donuts. Everywhere I go has donuts and I will never turn them down.

 

What I eat to try to curb the cravings:

Frozen grapes

Clementines

 

 

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